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Strengthening women’s media networks for peace
Bhagwan-Rolls, Sharon
Bhagwan-Rolls, Sharon
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"Women have long recognized that while in the past decades there has been an increase in the number of newspapers and publications, commercial radio and television and digital media, women’s representation in the media has been minimal. And in order to play a key role in the society and in their development, women need to be informed about what was going around them and also have a means to speak about what was happening and have their voices heard. This can only be successful if they have their own networks. It was this notion of empowerment which gave birth to femLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women in 2000. The founders of femLINKPACIFIC had realized during the Blue Ribbon Peace Vigil throughout the May 2000 crisis, that women’s peace efforts continued to be marginalized from the mainstream of decision making, and that in order to create greater visibility and understanding of women’s peace efforts, there was a need to provide alternative and additional viewpoints and analysis to the mainstream media coverage."
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2010-01
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